Doug Scott, director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and former mayor of Rockford, will visit NIU on Wednesday, Nov. 7, to discuss how the state is working to reduce greenhouse gases.
Scott’s presentation, titled “Illinois Initiatives to Reduce Greenhouse Gases and Our Impact on Global Warming,” will begin at 7 p.m. in the Montgomery Hall Auditorium. The event is open to the public.
Sponsored by the Department of Geography, the presentation is a continuation of last spring’s public symposiums on global climate change.
Scott served as a state representative for the 67th District from 1995 to 2001, followed by a four-year term as mayor of Rockford. Gov. Rod Blagojevich appointed him director of the IEPA, effective July 1, 2005. Scott chairs the Illinois Climate Change Advisory Group, which is considering a full range of policies and strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and will make recommendations to the governor.
On the menu at Ellington’s this week: Gusto dell’Italia is scheduled for Tuesday. Lotus takes over Thursday.
Gusto dell’Italia features minestrone and bruschetta for starters, chicken marsala with vegetables and lasagna Florentine for entrees and cannoli and tiramisu for dessert. Each table also will be served Italian flat bread with olive oil and Parmesan cheese.
Lotus features Thai-style sweet corn and parsley soup and green citrus salad with honey-lime dressing for starters, teriyaki beef ribbons and Thai spicy noodles for entrees and sticky rice with mango and green tea with coconut cake for dessert. Each table also will be served sweet Chai Tea over ice.
Seating is from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. with service until 1 p.m. The cost is $8 per person. Ellington’s is located on the main floor of the Holmes Student Center. Call (815) 753-1763 or visit www.ellingtons.niu.edu to make reservations.
The NIU Community School of the Arts invites instrumentalists and vocalists to participate in the annual CSA Sinfonia Concerto Competition.
The winner receives a cash prize and performs with the CSA Sinfonia in the Concert Hall of the NIU Music Building. Applicants must be 18 or younger and live within a 45-mile radius of DeKalb.
The audition date is Sunday, Dec. 9, and takes place before a panel of judges in the NIU Music Building. The music must be one movement of a standard solo concerto or an appropriate one-movement composition. The piece must be memorized and played for the audition with an accompanist. The time limit for auditions is eight minutes.
The postmark application deadline is Friday, Nov. 9. Information and application forms are available from the NIU Community School of the Arts office by calling (815) 753-1450 or online at www.niu.edu/extprograms.
The Friends of the NIU Libraries invite the public to attend a presentation titled, “Schoolhouse Memories: From Sawdust to Quilt,” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, in the staff lounge on the lower level of Founders Memorial Library.
Lucy Townsend, curator of the Blackwell History of Education Museum at NIU and a professor in the Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations, will discuss memory-making as it relates to local country schools. Light refreshments will be served.
For more information, call (815) 753-8091.
NIU’s Supportive Professional Staff Council is requesting nominations for the Presidential Supportive Professional Staff Award for Excellence.
This award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the university. All Supportive Professional Staff are eligible. If you have previously nominated an individual, please consider re-nominating them.
Four awards will be presented, and each award will be for the amount of $1,500. In addition, each recipient will receive a plaque in recognition of their accomplishments. To be eligible to receive this award, an employee must be actively employed at the time the award is presented in April 2008.
The nominator is asked to address the following topics in a letter addressed to the SPSC Awards Coordinator:
A completed nomination packet consists of the Nomination Referral Form and four letters: a nomination letter and three letters of support. The support letters must address the above topics. Only these four letters will be considered for each nominee. All nominations must include the nominee’s name and nominator’s name, title and department. Awards will be announced by President Peters in February, and the awards will be presented at a reception hosted by the President, scheduled for April 1. Nominators are responsible for submitting the complete set of nomination materials.
The Nomination Referral Form, nomination letter and letters of support should be sent to Deborah Haliczer, SPSC awards coordinator, and must be received in the Office of Human Resource Services, 1515 W. Lincoln Hwy, by 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5.
There will be no extensions of the deadline. Direct any questions to Deborah Haliczer at (815) 753-6039 or by e-mail at dhaliczer@niu.edu.
Treat yourself to a New Year’s getaway in London, where old English charm and endless sightseeing await.
This Alumni Association trip includes round-trip airfare, seven nights accommodation in London, ground transportation, daily breakfast, an energetic New Year’s Eve Party, a backstage tour of the Duke of York’s Theatre and two theater performances of your choice.
There is a limited amount of time to book your holiday trip. Visit the Alumni Web site or call (815) 753-1452 soon.
All NIU women, including faculty, staff and students, are invited to a networking luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16.
Mira Reisberg, assistant professor in the School of Art, will present “Maya Gonzalez: Portrait of the Artist as an Ecofeminist Children’s Book Illustrator” at noon.
Reisberg’s research and teaching practices involve the study of multicultural children’s picture books as a form of visual culture used to support social justice and environmental stewardship.
For her presentation, she will show a short video article titled “Maya Gonzalez: Portrait of the Artist as a Radical Children’s Book Illustrator.” This documentary as qualitative research explores the work and life of Gonzalez, a Chicana lesbian artist, focusing on race, gender and environmental aspects of her work.
The luncheon is held in the Chandelier Room of Adams Hall and costs $8 per person. To make a reservation before Tuesday, Nov. 6, call (815) 753-0320.
NIU’s Art Museum will host several faculty lectures in conjunction with the NIU School of Art Faculty Biennial exhibition, which runs through Saturday, Dec. 8.
The speaker series and exhibition gives the public an opportunity to share in the research, ideas and artwork of NIU School of Art faculty. All lectures will be held at 5 p.m. in Altgeld Hall 315 unless otherwise noted.
The NIU Art Museum is located on the first floor, west end of Altgeld Hall. The galleries are open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and by appointment for group tours.
Exhibitions are free; donations are appreciated. The exhibitions of the NIU Art Museum are funded in part by the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, the Friends of the NIU Art Museum, and the Arts Fund 21.
For more information, visit www.vpa.niu.edu/museum or call (815) 753-1936.